Moist Meter | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 

Its supposed to be a fight between two skilled swordsman but it ends up being a fight between me and a skilled swordsman

The Firecracker Prosthetic is not even close to being “situational” It’s so good.

"NG+ too easy" Looks like someone forgot to give Kuro his charm

Hesitation is defeat Hesitation is defeat Hesitation is defeat Hesitation is defeat

I’m surprised the guy who needed summons on every Dark Souls boss could beat this game.

"the prosthetic arm is very situational and didn't really use it that much" this guy didn't unlock combos and utilize them

"the martial arts tree is useless" "The final boss was unfair" Bruh, the martial arts attacks do so much posture damage. Were super useful against the final boss fight especially lol.

I watched his streams for his first play through and don’t think he ever upgraded his prosthetics. He’s calling level 1 prosthetic situational against final bossed no shit they gonna be pretty useless.

When mini bosses have troops around them you're supposed to stealth kill them to thin the numbers and then fight the boss one on one. You're a ninja not a knight clad in full armor who can take on more than 2 enemies at once.

Charlie: "I've never had to cheese any boss." Also Charlie: Summons 3 Phantoms in every souls game for every boss

I disagree with Isshin feeling unfair. From my experience the entire time I was fighting him I had a blast. Every time I died I never thought it was because it was unfair, It was always due to my own mistakes. He always left an opening whenever he would attack, and there were major openings you could exploit. Also Genichiro was a complete joke and was basically free resurrection power.

Sekiro: I died a little more than twice

Resurrection does not cause Dragonrot, it’s death that does. Just making sure people know this

*Shakira: Hips Lie Twice*

I’m surprised at his review of Isshin, he never felt unfair to me, he always attacked with clear patterns and had long telegraphs for most attacks, his third phase becomes a breeze too by just deflecting the lightning attacks back at him.

Charlie: skill tree is worthless Charlie few minutes later: Isshin is one of the most hardest boss

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice makes you FEEL like Robeeeeeeeert!

_Day 16 of convincing Cr1tikal to shower_

Hard disagree on prosthetics, flame vent/ oil saves my ass constantly, the loaded axe let me beat Genichiro, get the follow up slash and it’s even more useful, and I use Shurikens all the time

To counter some of your critics: All the bosses are one-on-one, the being swarmed thing only happens on some mini-bosses and these are usually just Generals. Too me, having a bunch of foot soldiers around a general makes more sense so I don't really mind. You can usually pick them off pretty quick anyways. Shuriken prosthetic is a game changer boy, wym Camera indoors is complete ass. 10/10 would agree.

Idk I use the prosthetics very often, especially the shuriken

It's not intense enough. Try playing Sekiro whilst doing the 'hiding in my gf's house for 24 hours' challenge.

Dude definitely didn't kill the rats (and therefor missed out on the best combat skill tree)

Hearing Charlie say that he likes Nioh more than all of the games made by fromsoft hurt me to my core

Based on modern anime trends, Japan just has that many Idols everywhere. It's realistic.

They throw loads of enemies at you to incentivise stealth. if there was just one that would make the mechanic useless. It rewards caution through a more open level design.

Cheesing the final boss is probably harder than learning him, it takes forever to chesse his health down and any fuck-up will kill you but intenintentional one on one is hard the first time, but you learn to overcome it Genichiro is a perfect example, if you had to cheese him everytime it would take forever, but eveyone learned him in and out and he became nothing but a minor inconvenience

"I never had to cheese a boss in darksouls" Because you've never fought one without a summon?

You can jump. And parkour. **That's something no soulseries has**

Even if there are more bonfires, the bosses are way harder than DS’s

Isshin’s spear phases aren’t unfair, they’re just very hard, that range and damage is diabolical, but again, it’s a legendary warrior you’re fighting, makes sense he can do all that shit

"Never found anything in the martial arts tree useful" Bruh, Makiri Counter is a MUST HAVE, if you want that posture damage when the enemy uses a thrust attack. Edit: Wow this is the first time I've had a comment reach anything over double digits. Triple at that. Thanks guys.

Just so you know, you do not get dragon rot from resurrection, you get it from dying.

This game is the Dark Souls that I always wanted

This feels like a bit of an uncooked review.

Imagine not even trying the Double Ichimonji.

"One thing I really have to critique is the camera, the camera betrayed me more times than I can fucking count ESPECIALLY indoors" Yep, its a From Software game

“I’ve never had to resort to using any cheese ever in the other souls games” *watches zitler playthrough of DSR*

6:15 *dodges and falls to a cliff behind* yep, this is a souls game

Oi! The resurrection mechanic is actually the OTHER way around! The game doesn't explain it too swell but, When you die, if you come back to life, all is fine(never mind the gaping hole above your arse.) however; If you do not resurrect and get sent back to the idol, Dragonrot will then spread.

They make you run a dex build

Sekiro is the Cuphead of Darksouls

The last boss of Sekiro really brought out the masochist inside me. I even considered turning off the bell demon debuff, but I pulled through and managed to land that last death blow. Sekiro made me enjoy dying again and again, just to learn how to react to each attack of each boss. It definitely is my favourite game that FromSoft has made so far.

I think with the mini-bosses being surrounded by enemies criticism, I think From did a good job. I feel like it can encourage players to play more like a shinobi and pick people off rather than running and fighting everyone. It's kind of fun trying to pick out small fries without the boss noticing and it really makes you feel like a bad-ass assassin. The shitty thing about it is when you die to the boss you've gotta do it all over again.. and that gets tedious.

Ring the bell It makes the game even more fun

Did you literally not mention the plot a single time?

"The game is more forgiving than other souls games" "...I had to cheese the final boss for the first time in a souls like game" Alright Charlie

I disagree about the prosthetic. The shuriken is really useful for a lot of fights. Especially with the upgrades. You can interrupt a lot of moves even for bosses also paired with the follow up makes it even nicer.

Argh, we need more moisture I’m not wet enough

Whoa whoa whoa, Demon Souls down in the mud with Lords of the Fallen? You're going to have to explain yourself, sir.

The thing about mini bosses that you may have missed is that you're supposed to use stealth to get the minions first

The whole point of the prosthetics is that they are situational. When you use them in the right situation they can make a fight 10 times more forgiving. You just have to know when to use your prosthetics

The final boss is making me consider suicide... 10/10

As a big souls nerd I have to say I might like this game even more than the souls series. I think the combat in this is so much more rewarding. I also think the mobility is much more fluid. As for souls though I reaaallyy love the building your character around a weapon bit. I do miss that in this game

I'm a simple man, I see a prosthetic arm, I associate it with Guts.

I've been waiting for this. Much love Charlie.

I have never heard someone say Nioh is their favorite/number one Souls-Like game. I think that's a great pointer to how I should take this review. EDIT: not in a bad way, just trying to say I have to see it from a very different perspective.

I dunno bro, I watched you summon phantoms for nearly every goddamn boss in dark souls, maybe you aren't that great with the training wheels off.

"Martial Art skills are useless" This is probably the first time I've actually disagreed with you Charlie. The Mikiri Counter is one of the most, if not _the_ most, important skills you can unlock in the whole game. Being able to stomp down Thrusts with a large counter gap is so useful. Mid-Air Deflecting is also a great skill, jumping while in a boss fight while spamming block has saved me quite a few times since the A.I. tracking is far better in this than other FromSoftware games because they want you to deflect more than dodge. I get that some of the Martial Arts seem "meh" but they're not all bad. Most of them aren't actually. So telling people that they are is hopefully not going to persuade them into not getting them for any reason.

The posture mechanic is something I’ve always wanted to see in a STAR WARS game. Getting hit 9 times with a lightsaber is kinda immersion breaking.

This is the dark souls of FromSoftware

Damn, Charlie was for real BAD at this game lol

i was getting my ass handed to me by that final boss for about 2 hours and loving every moment of it. the last 2 phases are insane and it's amazing. definitely one of my favourite bosses in any game I've played.

For the most part I agree with this review, except for the difficulty through throwing more enemies at you. I never felt this was the situation. It's not like you were forced into a combat situation with 5 guys. You could always sneak around and eliminate smaller enemies before tackling the mini bosses and stuff, which I thought was neat. The game never forced a combat scenario upon you unless it's a major boss, which I appreciated. Also I guess I disagree with the grapple hook criticism, but I only experienced what you did a few times, so I guess it's relative to player experience. Overall, it's a fucking amazing game

The Surge above Dark Souls II, I find that questionable.

Isshin is the best Boss ingame, he doesn't have a single "unfair" move or attack, if you want to beat him, you need to master all elements of the game, that's EXACTLY what a Final Boss should do!

Charlie: martial arts in this game are useless High monk:

My favorite souls like is lego star wars: the complete saga

I think besides the camera part, I disagree with everything else. Mikiri Counter, Ascending and Descending Carp, High Monk, Mid Air Combat Arts (for the Mortal Blade), Ichimonji, Mortal Draw is literally cheese for any boss, Flowing Water, Anti Air Deathblow (literally claps the Shichimen Warrior) are all such worthwhile arts, to name only a few from the many in the game. Also, Magnetic Umbrella, Flame Vent, Loaded Shuriken, Malcontent, and Mist Raven are literally the most useful. Sabimaru is useful against the people in Fountainhead. Malcontent pretty much stuns every apparition/demon enemy. Axe breaks shields. Mist Raven, Flame Vent, Magnetic Umbrella are useful in every situation. Frankly speaking, I don't think you spent enough time with the game, and just rushed through to get to the end just to say you've completed the game. I don't even know if you know the fact that your posture will never break, even if the gauge is filled, if you only deflect and not block. One thing that I think is valid to criticize is I think the grab attacks. They I feel are a little unfair for the player. Like, every other perilous attack has a counter: Thrust has Mikiri and Sweep has the Goomba Stomp/High Monk. The grab attack in the game is the only thing that cannot be effectively countered, and the hitbox is like, 30 metre radius around the grab itself (man fuck the Guardian Ape's grab range).

So, I have no idea how you didn't like the last boss (not the secret one), it's absolutely amazing. It's hard but it's doable, fun and more satisfying than sex man! It's all about being aggressive and getting good at deflecting.

The Monk skill tree is by far my favorite, and I'm convinced that High Monk (the combat skill at the end of the tree) is the best combat skill in the game. You jump in the air, avoiding about 90% of all enemy attacks in the game, then slam down and obliterate their posture with a flurry of kicks and shit. But the first combat skill in that tree does suck ass.

Was waiting for this since it dropped. Potential goty 2019 along with RE2 and DMC5

sekiro is 95% for me.. I was never bored in sekiro after dying many times unlike in most games. Ishin Ashina fight is a fair fight because he is fighting as a samurai and you are shinobi, meaning that you are the one using tricks like prosthetics

Kickass review dude. Outward just dropped and I'm so stoked to get started on it. Got it downloading now, give it a look!

I know this is super old but prosthetics were SUPER useful my playthrough. Hell I upgraded the flame line of the metal umbrella shield during Demon of Hatred and it made life so much easier! The knuckle whistle is also super good for most situations upgraded.

Does nobody think its strange that his favourite Souls-Like game is Nioh??

I have to disagree with the prosthetic arts and tools. I mean, some bosses are so much easier and i strongly believe they were meant to be used in certain boss fights. Like the purple umbrella against the headless and the flame umbrella against the demon of hatred, they are so handy when it comes to the actual fight. Also the quick sweep you can do after throwing shurikens and the follow-up attack with the axe is absolutely devastating against most enemies, and many bosses. Only prosthetic tool i didn't find useful is the divine abduction (or the leaf thing whatever). The most useful is of course, the firecrackers. It helped me more times i can think of when battling against hordes of enemies, because you can basically stun every enemy near you and make a good escape or quick attack. TLDR; Prosthetic tools make the game a whole lot easier and better if you know how and when to use them.

i love it how every action matters in a fight. everything you do can either make it or break it

I really never felt there were too many enemies in any situation except MAYBE the Sunken Valley/Gun Fort area. Grunts typically go down in three or four perfect deflects or less with enough attack power, which should be easy to land once you've fought several dozen/hundreds of them. The ones with guns drop like flies once you get on top of them. There's also the smoke ninjutsu on backstabs that gives you a chance to either take down another enemy (which you could then also ninjutsu again) or escape back to safety. Wall-hug and ledge-hang deathblows are also a thing. Ceramic shards & finger whistle are perfect for the wall-hugs.

The final boss was one of the best Final bosses ever in a video game. Dunno why you had to cheese him

The fifth game from FromSoftware with the same secret boss - The camera

I haven’t watched your videos before but after the hilarious introduction I think a subscribe is in order

Deaths in sekiro are so much more devastating later on. No matter what you can’t prevent a loss of xp/coins unlike very other souls games.

Shadows die -twice- a lot more than twice

Me: 'Another fine video from my all time favourite RU-vidr' Penguinz0: 'My favourite Souls game is Nioh' *Unsubscribes*

Watching this review from start to finish I find that there's still a lot you need to know about Sekiro's game mechanics---Such as lightning reversal, using the combat arts to your advantage, and the potential of some prostethic upgrades as an ultimate weakness of specific types of bosses; apparitions, illusions, the ones with weak posture, the ones with high vitality, and so on... of course I would never have known much without looking up guides. This is one of those games where you just need the hand of the experienced. In fact, I look up more guides to this game than I look up porn my whole life. But it's really not impossible to master the game's mechanics all by yourself if you have the time to solve riddles in every item description. Trust me, Sekiro is much more enjoyable when you understand how everything works. Like me, I'm still getting molested by the upper tier bosses even on the third run. Sekiro will remain challenging no matter how beast you think you are at it. It's part of the charm 👍

I think some of the negatives you have are just because of your approach to the game. For example, every enemy you encounter has a weakness in a specific prosthetic, and if you find out which one it is for each enemy, you can use it against them. As for the fact that there are a lot of enemies around a miniboss, that's because this game relies on stealth and expects you to take them out stealthily without alerting the miniboss, so that you can try and take out one of their lifebars then

The grappling hook makes more sense when you look directly at the thing you want to grapple at

I find Sekiro a 100 times more difficult than any Souls game. I am glad there are idols close to most bosses because they absolutely destroy my shit. I have like 1000 hours in Dark Souls 1 but in total my PvE deaths should already be higher in Sekiro and I'm not even done with my first PT. Jesus fuck dude

Been a few years replayed it multiple times and god is this a masterpiece

7:50 As someone who's never played another Souls-like yet and who just beat Sekiro's final boss without cheese today, this was nice to hear.

I'm so excited to be not broke and pick this up

Sekiro is so much harder than Bloodborne for me idk why

Beating ishhin fair and square is like the best feeling ever.

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I don't agree with the idol placement... they're not all that close together. Way better than Dark Souls III' s bonfire placement. Sekiro is beautiful and imo feels more difficult that Dark Souls.

I agree with everything but your point on the prosthetic tools, I found myself using them consistently throughout the game to tackle different kinds of enemies. I doubt I would've beaten the first boss without my shurikens to stop her flipping through the air. The only useless prosthetic is the short sword in my opinion, all of the others if applied correctly are genuinely useful tools. My two personal favorites and great examples are the umbrella and the mist raven feather, they help get you out of sticky situations you'd otherwise not want to be in.

For combat arts: Senpou leaping kicks/high monk is really good for punishing sweeps, ichimonji is incredibly versatile as it also restores your posture, and mortal draw does so much damage. Firecrackers are really good vs some bosses, and most raven feathers is basically a get out of jail free card. The game doesn’t do a good job at communicating the effectiveness of these things so I had to do some experimenting on my second and third play through to get it

One thing that's neat about this game is that you can "cheese" pretty much any boss with the right combination of Combat Skills and Prosthetics. For example, the Ape boss can be "cheesed" with the flame and spear attachments (but not really the firecrackers, as you might think). They're not really cheeses but more like little combat puzzles/easter eggs or whatever.

4:08 This is a huge misconception. Using resurrections does not cause dragonrot. Fully dying (and respawning at an idol) is what causes dragonrot. The reason people think this is because Emma the healer has a poorly worded line that has misinformed a lot of players. Regardless, dying/dragonrot is not a big deal, so it shouldn't be worried about by new players.